When
thinking about what I saw in my eye, I had to bear in mind that images on
the retina form upside down, and are then inverted in the brain. This is
why sight came back from the top down, as a completed path in fluid first
occured at the bottom of the eye. Also as the gas in the eye was absorbed,
and eventually a true bubble was formed, this lingered at the bottom of
the field of view.

At
first the gas in my eye occupied more than 50% of the volume, so the fluid
surface was visible in the upper part of my field of view.

When
looking ahead, or up, the lens was in gas, and the image on the retina was
just a coloured blur.

When
looking down a kind of swimmy image was formed, which at least let me know
that the basic mechanism of my eye was working.